Ximenes Competition No. 1106 Ximenes Slip | ◀ 1100 | 1110 ▶ | Other competitions
| No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1106 | Apr 1970 | LEXICOGRAPHY | normal | 22 |
| Award | Clue writer | Clue | Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| First | D. P. M. Michael | What, if amiss, makes X go preachily potty? | anag. & lit. |
| Second | N. C. Dexter | Opening for his XI—ploy Grace developed—was the famous Dr.’s art | anag. incl. h; ref. Dr Samuel Johnson |
| Third | M. Newman | Giving X a go, I cry “help!” when in trouble—it does help | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | T. E. Bell | Theme of Chambers’s introduction, for example, or, haply, one intricately bound up with X? | anag. incl. e.g., & lit. |
| VHC | C. O. Butcher | You must know words for this chap X, e.g. roily, plaguy | anag. |
| VHC | J. Crowther | Solving X cypher, one goal for which Chambers’s is recommended | anag. incl. I |
| VHC | S. Goldie | Revised provides X with gear—he’s original with policy | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | W. E. Green | Gray X-ophile in confusion needs C. This might help him | anag. & lit. |
| VHC | Mrs S. Hewitt | Exhaustive word compilation; after decoding cypher I go lax | anag. |
| VHC | E. M. Hornby | Graecophil has two unknown quantities; Liddell & Scott’s work will sort that out | anag. incl. x,y; ref. Greek dictionary |
| VHC | Mrs D. B. Jenkinson | X recommends Geddie’s axe policy—R. H. G. given new look | anag.; ref. G.’s ed. of C.: cf. ‘Geddes axe’, 1920s economic policy |
| VHC | L. W. Jenkinson | Commander in turbulent Phrygia stuck to the law of Rome—this was Festus’s line | lex + CO in anag.; ref. Acts 25 & 2c. AD lexicographer |
| VHC | Mrs B. Lewis | Work of a giant-hearted chap I rely on when tackling X | X in anag. incl. Og; tackle = seize |
| VHC | S. M. Mansell | Mad editor’s first xylographic dictionary production | anag. incl. e |
| VHC | Mrs E. Morgan | Defining of words can be inexact—cp. Gyro: a helix | anag. |
| VHC | C. J. Morse | Age and pox richly dressed was Webster’s speciality | anag.; ref. lexicographer, playwright—“much possessed by death” |
| VHC | F. E. Newlove | Sam’s bookmaking business employs chirpy ex-gaol characters—in harmless drudgery? | anag.; ref. S. Johnson’s def. of ‘lexicographer’ |
| VHC | F. R. Palmer | It can be a help with the limits of your comprehending X, one to deceive | X I cog (vb.). in anag. |
| VHC | G. J. S. Ross | Johnson’s great achievement, the destruction of gay, prolix Ché | anag.; ref. C. Guevara, Lyndon J., Samuel J. |
| VHC | C. A. Sears | X with cypher has one goal, to show differently the art of defining words | anag. incl. I |
| VHC | Mrs E. M. Simmonds | Occupation making one excel verbally—involving endless hack work and semi-drudgery | anag. of I ‘XL’ hac(k) op. (drud)gery; ref. S. Johnson’s def. of ‘lexicographer’ |
| VHC | M. E. Ventham | Ché, gay and prolix, upset Johnson’s work | anag.; ref. C. Guevara, Lyndon J. , Samuel J. |
HCs in competition 1106 awarded to: